During ww2 did german and japanese forces ever fight side by side ?

Answer 1

When the British were fighting in Malaya the Japanese had German guides and scouts with them and it was believed that they were deserters from the French foreign legion in Indo-China and that is the only instance of Germans and Japanese soldiers fighting together, although German ships and submarines used Japanese ports and at least one Japanese submarine made it to Germany.

Answer 2

While both sides sent advisors to the other, and the Germans sent various military hardware to the Japanese (such as submarine components, jet engines, etc.) no military operations were coordinated between the two nations.

At one point, Hitler thought that after he defeated Russia, the German army would invade the middle east and head into India, eventually linking up with the Japanese, who were fighting in nearby Burma and Indochina.

As we all now know, Germany never defeated Russia, and this idea never got off the drawing board.

Hitler had also asked the Japanese government about the possibility of them attacking Russia with their troops based in Manchuria and China. Japan had over 1 million troops along with many tanks and aircraft in that area. However, Japan never did attack. That would have made Stalin's job of defeating Germany quite difficult, as he had transferred many of his Far East military units to fight the Germans.

Answer 3

i think of there became a quick era wherein some U Boats have been as far as Indonesia. If I bear in mind the object it became basically 3 or 4 with a mom deliver and that they did no longer carry around long. They the two attacked the U. S. mainland. One grand uncle had his deliver SS Ohioan sunk with him aboard off the Florida coast interior of website of Palm coastline in could 40 two. the eastern sent a small bomber to drop an incendiary on a wooded area in OR, fired on feet Stevens...Stevenson from a sub over a 2 or 3 day era, occupied Attu and Kiska from April 40 two - could 40 3....it is as close because it gets.

Answer 4

No, they never managed to link up anywhere. The Axis' grand strategic aim was for German forces to penetrate the Caucasus region of Russia and enter the Middle East, while Japanese forces would advance into India and press westwards to meet them. Fortunately they didn't succeed.

Answer 5

Not to my knowledge, my own father was in the great British Offensive in Burma fighting the Japanese. We had Gurka troops who were valuable to the British Army.

Obviously they kept in close contact, each was aware of the others moves, plans etc. But the allies were more professional in there unity to win the war, that's really why we were more successful, they fought side by side.

Answer 6

Actually,no. But they did share technology especially the designs for the creation of jet engines. When American troops landed on Okinawa,Japanese troops fought so hard to defend caves that were hiding newly built jet fighters and couldn't be bombed from above. If these jets had been ready to use,they could have turned the tide and resulted in our defeat in the Pacific.

Answer 7

Yes several German U-boats operated out of Singapore after the japs took it from the Brits. Also German raiders like the penguin and cormorant operated in and out of Japanese ports while these vessels were in the pacific. When Germany fell the U-boats were taken by the japs and the crews were interned for the rest of the war.

Answer 8

Not to my knowledge. But they sometimes swapped technology. Some of the last-minute Japanese planes resembled the V-2 rockets and Me-163 Komet rocket craft.

Answer 9

I don't think so because the theater of operations were so far apart. I also think they had different reasons for entering the war and assume the alliance was more of convenience and common vs. common goals.

Japan was going after parts of Asia and the allies (the US, Aussie, etc.) were trying to put a stop to that.

Germany was trying to dominate Europe and some of Asia (Russia etc.), Africa too.

Answer 10

Do not think so. However, the Nazis had trade and other agreements with Japan. The Axis, as it was known then, comprising, Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan, worked together for world domination. Thankfully this never happened.